If there are more family doctors than ever before, why can’t I find one? Using linked administrative data to study changing primary care in Canada

Across Canada, many people are struggling to find a regular place for primary care and to access care where and when they need it. Policymakers are confronting the fact that after decades of reforms, primary care service volume is falling and inequities are widening. There are more primary care physicians than ever before, but at the same time they are reporting record levels of overwork and exhaustion.

This seminar will present data describing how primary care patient access and physician practice patterns are changing, including national survey data and linked administrative data from British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Nova Scotia.

We’ll explore factors that may be driving changes and what these might mean for future Healthcare capacity. We’ll conclude by considering different approaches that can help ensure equitable access to quality primary care in Canada.

About the speaker:
Dr. Ruth Lavergne is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University and a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Primary Care. Dr. Lavergne’s program of research aims to address disparities in access and build evidence to ensure primary care organization, delivery, and the workforce meet the needs of Canadians now and in the future. Her expertise is in quantitative analysis of population-based administrative health data. She leads interdisciplinary mixed methods primary care studies in collaboration with experts in qualitative methods, patients, clinicians, and policymakers.

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